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Posted on Jul 21, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Defendant Convicted in "Huffing" Trial Will Still Face Sentencing This past May, a 20-year-old driver was convicted of aggravated DUI in a bench trial for huffing computer cleaner before she ...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Being charged with DUI is not something to take lightly, because it has the potential to lead to serious consequences. Whether or not your driving ability was actually impaired at the time of arrest, ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
While other states recognize medical marijuana, and are even changing how DUI laws are interpreted in light of marijuana's legality, no form of marijuana is legal in Illinois. This means that if ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Last week on Tuesday, March 18, a mother and son were arrested on consecutively issued DUI charges in Naperville. According to police reports, a 20-year-old man was driving under the influence and ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
According to an Illinois police report, on Saturday, March 8, a state trooper had pulled a driver over at around 3:33 a.m., and that driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. The suspect was ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Thursday, January 23, a man pleaded guilty to his fourth DUI charge and faces 150 days in jail plus two years of probation; if there is any violation of his probation terms, he could spend 7 years in ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
An investigative reporter for CBS 2 Chicago was arrested earlier this month in Naperville on multiple criminal charges. He was charged with misdemeanors that include battery, driving under the ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2014 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
On Tuesday, January 14, a 33-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving the wrong way past a police car and being under suspicion of driving under the influence, a publication of the Chicago ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2013 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, police officers will be on high alert for any drivers who are under the influence. If you are pulled over, can you, should you refuse a breath, blood, or ...
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Posted on Oct 24, 2013 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Less than a month ago, a man arrested for a DUI had his bail set at $500,000 in Cook County. He has six prior DUI convictions, and they are under five different names. The judge who set the bond also ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2013 By Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
This past weekend, a 24-year-old man from Naperville was charged and arrested for driving under the influence while reaching speeds of 124 miles per hour. The speed limit for where he was driving is ...
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Posted on Jul 3, 2013 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege
While all holidays are an increased opportunity for drinking and partying, studies show that for some reason the Fourth of July is one of the most deadly in regarding to drunk driving accidents during ...
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Posted on May 15, 2013 By The Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
With at least 10,000 people dying in traffic related drunk driving accidents each year, the National Transportation Safety Board is seeking to implement changes at a nation level in regards to the DUI ...
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Posted on May 7, 2013 By The Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
The now 43 year old male from Lake County received his first DUI conviction at the age of 17 years old, and this month was sentenced by the court to spend the next 13 years of his life behind bars for ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2013 By The Law Offices of Michael P. Schmiege
Joseph Kelly is a 53 year old Philadelphia police officer who has been serving his city for over 23 years of his life on the force. According to reports, he was arrested while off duty on Monday night ...
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Posted on Jul 3, 2012 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
The Chicago Tribune is calling it the largest pot seizure in the city; local and federal authorities located and confiscated a grand total of eight pounds of marijuana in a recent seizure in Chicago. ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2012 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
A man will have to spend several years behind bars for the accident that took the life of a young woman last year. The defendant, 42-year-old A.L., was given nine years in prison for the DUI accident ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
Several news sources have reported that Mike Ditka's son had his felony DUI charges dismissed last week in Illinois. Michael P. Ditka was arrested last April when police found him behind the wheel ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
A case in Chicago, Illinois has the local community up in arms about the death of a young woman. People are now blaming the police department for her death. Three months ago police arrested the ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
A 23 year old woman of Riverdale, received citations for two counts of DUI, as well as driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, damage to public property, and failure to reduce speed ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
A Near West Side man has been charged with striking and killing a Washington man in a drunk driving accident on Lake Shore Drive near Millennium Park over the weekend. He was charged with aggravated ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2011 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
One woman was just weeks away from getting married when she caused a DUI accident that led to her own injuries plus those of the bicyclist. After reviewing the police report, a judge ordered the woman ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
Even though he was idling in a parking lot, officers arrested a 60-year-old man in Chicago, Illinois for DUI. Several 911 calls were placed to a Chicago precinct about a man sitting in his vehicle. He ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
People of the State of Illinois vs. S.A. DUI NOT GUILTY Chicago DUI Lawyer obtains NOT GUILTY verdict for driver with open beer cans in car rear-ends another car with Members of Mothers Against Drunk ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2011 By Law Office of Michael P. Schmiege, PC
A woman was arrested Monday night after police found her passed out in the middle of an intersection in Naperville with an unleashed pit bull standing nearby. Kelly Johnson, 45, was arrested and ...
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